Mark Custom Masonry

Hi, my name is David Mark and I am a mason. I began learning the trade in Bergen County Technical High School in New Jersey at the age of 15. After two years of learning to lay brick and block, I joined the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftsworkers and worked out of Local 4 New Jersey for 8 years. While I worked on commercial jobs with the union, the work I especially loved was doing residential side work (mostly repairs) with my mentor Dominic LoBue. After leaving the business to work as a chef and eventually moving to Florida, I eventually went to Hillsborough Community College to get a certificate in entrepreneurship. While doing work on my own house and my parent's house, I realized how much I missed working outside and working with masonry. I decided to go back to Hillsborough Community College for Architecture and Construction Technology while starting a masonry business. I am passionate about traditional masonry and especially unit masonry such as brick and stone. I believe that the durability and beauty of masonry is unmatched and should be revisited for its long term value. I admire classical, modernist, and post-modernist architecture and believe that traditional masonry has value to offer in all three. Please note that this is a one man operation at the current time and I am focusing on smaller jobs. In addition to repairs and restoration, I am more inclined to take on new construction jobs if they are brick, stone or other "finished" unit masonry. At the current time I am only working with reinforced concrete block, stucco, pavers and concrete if the job entails repairs, restoration or maintenance.